Anglo-Australian Telescope

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The Anglo-Australian Telescope is a major 3.9-metre optical telescope in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its contributions to galactic and extragalactic astronomy.

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instanceOf optical telescope
abbreviation AAT
altitude approximately 1165 metres
apertureDiameter 3.9 metres
390 centimetres
collaboration Anglo-Australian collaboration
constructionCompleted early 1970s
country Australia
designedBy Freeman Fox & Partners
formerOperator UK Science and Engineering Research Council
fundedBy Australia
United Kingdom
governingBody Australian Astronomical Observatory
hasDome cylindrical concrete tower with rotating dome
hasFocalStations Cassegrain focus
coudé focus
prime focus
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere
instrument 2dF multi-object spectrograph
AAOmega spectrograph
HERMES spectrograph
IRIS2 near-infrared imager and spectrograph
UCLES echelle spectrograph
linked to: UCLES spectrograph
knownFor Milky Way structure mapping
large galaxy redshift surveys
stellar abundance studies
locatedIn Australia
New South Wales
location Siding Spring Observatory
mirrorMaterial glass
mountType equatorial mount
name Anglo-Australian Telescope
notableFor multi-object spectroscopy
opened 1974
operatedBy Anglo-Australian Observatory
Australian Astronomical Observatory
ownedBy Australian Government
partOf Siding Spring Observatory complex
primaryMirrorType parabolic mirror
primaryScience cosmology
extragalactic astronomy
galactic astronomy
status operational
telescopeType equatorial-mounted telescope
optical reflecting telescope
wavelengthRange near-infrared
optical

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Sagittarius Stream discoveredUsing Anglo-Australian Telescope
Coonabarabran near Siding Spring Observatory
linked to: Anglo-Australian Telescope
Coonabarabran near Anglo-Australian Telescope
Anglo-Australian Telescope name Anglo-Australian Telescope
UCLES spectrograph usedOn Anglo-Australian Telescope
UCLES spectrograph locatedAt Anglo-Australian Telescope
UCLES spectrograph mountedAt Coudé focus of the Anglo-Australian Telescope
linked to: Anglo-Australian Telescope
UCLES spectrograph operatedBy Anglo-Australian Telescope facility
linked to: Anglo-Australian Telescope